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Bianca Zickerick

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Don't stop me now: Hampered retrieval of action plans following interruptions

2020

How can we retrieve action plans in working memory (WM) after being distracted or interrupted? The present EEG study investigated this question using a WM task in which a random sequence of single numbers (1-4 and 6-9) was presented. In a given trial, participants had to decide whether the number presented in the preceding trial was odd or even. Additionally, interfering stimuli were randomly presented in 25% of all trials, requiring the participants to either ignore a colored number (distraction) or respond to it (interruption) while maintaining the previously formed action plan in WM. Our results revealed a detrimental impact of interruptions on WM performance in trials after interrupting…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyAdolescentCognitive NeuroscienceExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyElectroencephalographyStimulus (physiology)AudiologyMotor Activity050105 experimental psychology03 medical and health sciencesExecutive FunctionYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineDevelopmental NeuroscienceDistractionP3bmedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesBiological Psychiatrymedicine.diagnostic_testEndocrine and Autonomic SystemsWorking memoryGeneral Neuroscience05 social sciencesBrain WavesEvent-Related Potentials P300Neuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyMemory Short-TermNeurologyMental RecallFemaleinterruptions ; distractions ; P3b ; mu/beta suppression ; EEG ; working memoryPsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPsychomotor Performance
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Encoding, storage, and response preparation-Distinct EEG correlates of stimulus and action representations in working memory.

2019

Working memory (WM) allows for the active storage of stimulus- and higher level representations, such as action plans. This electroencephalography (EEG) study investigated the specific electrophysiological correlates dissociating action-related from stimulus-related representations in WM using three different experimental conditions based on the same stimulus material. In the experiment, a random sequence of single numbers (from 1 to 6) was presented and participants had to indicate whether the current number (N0 condition), the preceding number (N-1 condition), or the sum of the current and the preceding number (S-1 condition) was odd or even. Accordingly, participants had to store a stimu…

AdultMaleCognitive NeuroscienceActive storageExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyStimulus (physiology)ElectroencephalographyMotor Activity050105 experimental psychology03 medical and health sciencesExecutive FunctionYoung Adult0302 clinical medicineDevelopmental NeurosciencemedicineHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesAttentionEvoked PotentialsBiological Psychiatrymedicine.diagnostic_testEndocrine and Autonomic SystemsWorking memoryGeneral Neuroscience05 social sciencesRandom sequenceBrain WavesEvent-Related Potentials P300ElectrophysiologyNeuropsychology and Physiological PsychologyMemory Short-TermNeurologyFemalePsychologyNeuroscience030217 neurology & neurosurgeryPsychomotor PerformancePsychophysiologyREFERENCES
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Differential Effects of Interruptions and Distractions on Working Memory Processes in an ERP Study

2020

Interruptions (interfering stimuli to respond to) and distractions (interfering stimuli to be ignored) have been shown to negatively impact performance, particularly in tasks requiring working memory (WM). This study investigated how these two types of external interference affect task performance and attentional and WM processes as indexed by specific event-related potentials (ERPs) of the EEG. A Continuous Number Task (CNT) was applied, in which participants had to either decide whether the current number (condition without WM load) or the sum of the current and the preceding number (condition with WM load) was odd or even while responding to interlaced single letters (interruptions) or i…

external interferenceinterruptionexternal interference ; attention ; distraction ; EEG ; interruption ; working memoryEEGlcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatrybehavioral disciplines and activitiespsychological phenomena and processesdistractionworking memorylcsh:RC321-571NeuroscienceOriginal ResearchattentionFrontiers in Human Neuroscience
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